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He rarely goes to bars and doesn't really like such decadent places, but tonight's atmosphere gave him a strange sense of warmth.
The group of people around him were all dressed like gangsters. When a customer wanted to light a cigarette, the waiter pulled out a gun from his waist and pulled the trigger—it was a lighter shaped like a pistol, and lighting a cigarette with the flame was quite comical.
Many customers wear temporary tattoos on their bare skin to imitate gangsters, featuring a blue dragon and a white tiger. The blue dragon is clearly Shenron from Dragon Ball, while the white tiger is a real white tiger, a photo of a white tiger.
The clash between anime characters and real-life photos is quite jarring.
Yuan Zhisheng found the scene here somewhat amusing, a rare moment of relaxation he hadn't had in the past few days.
The male prostitute and the female guests were shaking dice and shouting loudly. The man called the humpback whale back to the center of the stage and said things like "flower arrangement is great". He didn't know what a male prostitute was like before. After seeing the humpback whale, he thought, "Could he be such a stupid and immature person?" The man in front of him was clearly middle-aged.
What Yuan Zhisheng found even more interesting was that he actually saw Caesar performing "Cleopatra" and Chu Zihang performing "Cherry Blossoms Fall on Ganryu Island". These two were not just hiding in a host club, but real host club members. Their dedication was truly admirable.
Lu Mingfei was nowhere to be seen on stage; it was unclear where he had gone. Gu Ran, meanwhile, was drinking with Sakurai Nanami, who looked as if her husband had just died, in a booth. Well, she had indeed lost her husband, but she didn't seem as heartbroken as she was now when he died.
White rose petals fell from the sky as Caesar and Chu Zihang, the two leading male prostitutes, performed a new play. Yuan Zhisheng stood there watching for a while, and roughly understood the story.
This crude stage play is a satire of him and Yuan Zhinü, two bosses of a yakuza group who love and hate each other, with the younger brother ultimately killing the older brother.
This whole thing was so silly. Chu Zihang's Japanese had a Javanese accent, and Caesar's muscular chest made him look nothing like a Japanese person. Plus, that rich kid's pretentious manner was just too much.
But the women here either love Caesar, or Chu Zihang, or both. In short, all their flaws are tolerated by this group of great women. They scream and cry their hearts out for their performance.
Among the crowd was Ms. Sanae Nakajima, a famous designer. The Hebi-hachi family had once asked her to help restore their old family shrine, but she refused because she did not want to be associated with the yakuza.
But now she was actually moved to tears while watching Caesar and Chu Zihang's performance.
At the end of the play, a Chinese song was played, and Yuan Zhisheng remembered the lyrics "How many years have you been with me?" and kept thinking about them.
He understood Caesar and Chu Zihang's intentions: life is actually very short, and no one can accompany anyone for long; they were trying to persuade the brothers to reconcile.
It's really tough on these lunatics.
Not far away, Fuma Kotaro seemed to have seen through something as well, silently reciting the same lyric in his heart.
The atmosphere on the dance floor had reached a fever pitch. Someone brought over a large vat, and then customers kept spending lavishly to buy wine and pour it into the vat. Anyone who wanted to drink could pour their own.
Some customers mistook Genjiro for a male escort here, and because he was so handsome, they gave him a flirtatious wink.
Yuan Zhisheng simply smiled, took a rose from the bouquet beside him and gave it to the guest, then started going upstairs, ignoring the people in the dance floor who were already flushed from drinking.
……
In the basement dressing room, Lu Mingfei was helping Yuan Zhi with her makeup.
Yuan Zhinu lowered his eyebrows, still looking listless, but he was really good-looking. The so-called cross-dressing boss was no better than him. With just a very light makeup, he brought out his feminine charm and presented a bewitching beauty.
If it weren't for his still lowered brows, one might mistake him for Kazama Ruri at first glance, which was exactly the effect Genji wanted.
Lu Mingfei felt that he should just use his own appearance to meet Yuan Zhisheng.
But Genjiro said that since Genjiro wanted to talk to Kazama Ruri, he would become Kazama Ruri's appearance.
Ultimately, he still harbored some resentment towards Genjiro.
Because when he became a demon, in his most helpless moment, his older brother, Genjiro, stabbed him in the heart.
But what could he do? As a ghost, he couldn't choose his bloodline. He was born a filthy ghost, and his brother... also thought he was filthy.
“If my brother becomes a ghost, I will be an enemy of the whole world rather than betray him. He is my family. What does it matter if I am an enemy of the whole world?” said Genjiro.
Lu Mingfei didn't know how to respond, because it was a dilemma, and it was difficult to have the best of both worlds no matter what he did.
Yuan Zhinu was just talking to vent her emotions, while he was busy drawing his eyebrows, just like Cheng Dieyi who was about to go on stage.
He said, "Actually, everyone is an actor. Life is a play, and everyone's performance in front of others is not their true self."
Lu Mingfei said that many people were actually playing themselves, for example, the boss was playing a rich and handsome guy, while he himself was playing a loser.
Yuan Zhinv said, "You are actually a very lonely person, but you use lame words to cover up your loneliness. You are running away. You think that as long as you run fast enough, loneliness can't catch you. But one day you will be too tired to run and will be caught by the endless loneliness."
Lu Mingfei said, "Does this mean I'm beyond saving?"
Yuan Zhinv told him, "You like someone, right? It's just that you can't be with her. If you could be with her, there would be hope."
Chapter 487 The Sinking of Tokyo Begins
Lu Mingfei was slightly taken aback; how could he have noticed that?
Yuan Zhinu said that he was an actor, and actors like to observe others, it's his habit. So he saw at a glance that there was a lion in Lu Mingfei's eyes, and that roaring lion was the real him.
Lu Mingfei's mind was elsewhere; he stopped listening to Yuan Zhinu's words and instead thought of Nuonuo.
He suddenly realized that Nuonuo had always understood his feelings. She was good at profiling, so how could she not know? But she had never said anything; she was just pretending not to know anything.
Just like Chen Wenwen back then, she pretended not to know. The girls are all good actresses. They know the script, but they don't want to show it in front of you. Perhaps they just hope that you will back down and leave you with some dignity.
So, only a silly girl like Erii is an audience member who can't act. Her joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are all on her face. Even when she likes someone, she likes him so obviously, without the slightest attempt to hide it.
I wonder how the little monster is doing now. I hope that after she goes back, she won't be locked in a cage by the giant tortoise anymore and can live happily.
At this moment, Yuan Zhinv finished her makeup, smiled at herself in the mirror, and then stood up to ask Lu Mingfei for his opinion.
Lu Mingfei said, "It's very good, very beautiful, but compared to the real Kazama Ruri, it seems to lack a bit of grandeur."
"Is that so!" Yuan Zhinv suddenly smiled smugly, with a hint of cunning. Lu Mingfei thought he had misread it, but when he looked again, he had returned to his previous somewhat dejected expression.
Lu Mingfei mentioned that he also had a cousin who always fought with him for the computer and threatened him with some minor mistakes. He actually disliked that cousin.
But today he chose to forgive his cousin. If his cousin hadn't always fought with him for the computer when they were kids, he might have been even more lonely. In any case, he should be grateful for his cousin's companionship.
“I only have one younger brother, so I will forgive him no matter what he does.” As Lu Mingfei said this, he seemed to feel a cold laugh behind him, but when he turned around, there was nothing there.
He knew it was the little devil's sneer, but he didn't know why the little devil seemed to dislike Lu Mingze, who was 1.6 meters tall and weighed 160 pounds, or what grudge they had against each other.
Lu Mingfei put all of this out of his mind and told Yuan Zhinu that it was getting late and that he should meet with Yuan Zhisheng as soon as possible.
"Remember to control your emotions," he advised.
“Okay,” Yuan Zhinv replied, then leisurely prepared to head to the third floor.
……
In the Summer Moon Room on the third floor, Yuan Zhisheng was a little nervous. He lit a cigarette, trying to relieve his anxiety.
Yes, the great emperor of the Snake Clan was not nervous even in front of the legendary 'gods', but seeing his younger brother made him somewhat uneasy.
From a young age, Genjiro aspired to be a friend of justice, and the first price he paid for 'justice' was killing his younger brother, who was an evil spirit.
He still clearly remembered that when he plunged the knife into Yuan Zhinü's heart, his younger brother never thought of fighting back. He just clung to his neck in a daze, helplessly calling out, "Brother, brother."
At that moment, Genjiro was unable to do anything but cry.
Over the years, as a demon slayer in the Enforcement Bureau and as the 'Amaterasu no Mikoto' of his family, he has never hesitated to wield his sword against evil spirits, because he started by using his own younger brother as a guinea pig, and he has hardened his heart to the point of being heartless.
But today, he still held onto some hope that he could see Genji again.
Since the young girl was able to negotiate with him and had previously killed the king, perhaps the two brothers still have a chance to reconcile.
After all, they are brothers, brothers who grew up together.
Before he knew it, the tobacco in his hand had burned out. Yuan Zhisheng burned his fingers with a spark, and only then did he come to his senses and ask about the situation through his earpiece.
Today, the host club in Takamagahara was packed with people. Except for the Fuma clan ninjas who stayed behind at the Red Well to guard the corpse of the 'god' in the mercury pool, almost everyone else was here.
The defenses here are just as tight as when we sniped the horde of zombies on the sea.
The feedback from my subordinates came through the earpiece; they all said everything was normal.
Genji listened quietly, waiting for his reunion with his younger brother.
But suddenly, he heard a piercing alarm!
The sirens blared from emergency loudspeakers in every community and neighborhood committee; sirens sounded simultaneously in every street and all of Tokyo!
The last time the entire city of Tokyo sounded the alarm was in 1945, just before Japan was about to be nuked.
Back then, Tokyo was almost constantly being burned down by Master Li Mei's incendiary bombs.
Now, after the nuclear weapons era, air raid sirens are sounding once again during the Heisei era.
Genji immediately looked out the window. A city wouldn't sound an air raid siren for no reason, but this was a time of peace. Unlike Japan, other countries wouldn't just start a war without a declaration of war. So he ruled out that it was a war between nations.
What other circumstances would trigger an air raid siren in a city?
At the same time, the piercing alarm interrupted the people dancing on the dance floor. Everyone's phone beeped with text messages, and as they checked their phones, they immediately saw the Tokyo Meteorological Bureau's emergency warning:
"Attention citizens, an unprecedentedly powerful tsunami is about to enter Tokyo Bay. Citizens living in coastal areas are advised to evacuate immediately. Those who cannot evacuate in time should seek shelter in basements or upper floors of buildings."
Standing by the window, Genjiro finally witnessed the terrifying scene of nature: a towering tsunami had reached Shinjuku, ten kilometers from the sea, and the sound of the tide was right beside him.
The hundred-meter-high water wall overturned all obstacles in its path, and cars, trees, and shop signs were all thrown up by the giant waves and crashed against the exterior walls of those skyscrapers.
Of course, there were also those who didn't have time to escape.
The once clear night sky was suddenly filled with dark clouds that seemed to threaten to crush the city. A few seconds later, a torrential downpour began without warning.
Tokyo was transformed into a city enveloped in rain in less than a minute.
Many people looked out the window, trying to get a sense of what was happening. Su Enxi was no exception. However, she was wearing high heels and accidentally stumbled. Just as she was about to fall flat on her face, Gu Ran grabbed her waist and pulled her back, otherwise she would have fallen flat on her face.
"Don't worry, there's no use in worrying." Gu Ran helped Su Enxi sit up straight. "Hopefully you didn't drink too much just now, and there's still time to think of a solution."
"What's going on with this commotion?" Su Enxi asked, puzzled.
"No need to ask, the Snake Clan failed in their attempt to slay the god, and the god has awakened." Gu Ran pulled out her phone and placed it in her palm. "Quickly check if there's a signal, call and sell off your Japanese stocks, quickly short them and make a killing!"
Su Enxi was stunned. That was indeed her plan, but why was Gu Ran more anxious than her? It seemed like he was happy to see the Japanese stock market crash?
Yes, he had already shorted Japanese listed companies on the US stock market three days earlier, spending a full $200 million to short Japanese-related stocks.
You can short sell US stocks. Although some US stocks have experienced circuit breakers, after such a major upheaval, don't expect Japanese stocks to recover in the short term.
It is foreseeable that after the disaster, the stock price of the Japanese company will definitely fall for several days, and the more it falls, the more Gu Ran will earn.
He felt no guilt whatsoever about making money from Japanese companies. He had even asked Liu Yue to buy natural disaster insurance before, and he guessed it was coming in handy now.
Su Enxi took out her phone, about to make a call to trade US stocks, as the US stock market was currently open due to the time difference.
Before she could even make the call, she heard a deafening sound and saw a burst of flame shoot into the sky from the window.
The fire emanating from outside the window is from a mountain, a sacred mountain in the hearts of the Japanese, namely Mount Fuji.
Mount Fuji has erupted again!
This indicates that the magma deep within the Earth's crust has completely boiled, and that offshore volcanoes and terrestrial volcanoes are connected deep within the Earth's crust.
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